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This had already been printed in Time magazine last week. I had a lot of Baseball Handbooks (only a few Street and Smith) still mostly together in boxes. Didn't remember it being snarky, mostly predicting next year's race would be the same as last year's.
Too bad someone who relied a lot on memory got Alzheimer's; wonder whether he tired of sports rather than kept his mind active digging up trivia about current teams/players.

One more thing: for anyone here who has never read one of the Complete Handbook of Baseball annuals, go on eBAY or Amazon. Hollander started losing his fastball a bit toward the end of the '80s, but if you spot the older books & can spare the $5-8 dollars, don't hesitate to grab one. About a year ago, I finally found a 1972 for about $19. It was like Christmas when I opened the mailbox and found the package. I really loved these books.

Hollander's annual baseball series was terrific. Although it followed essentially the same formula as a slightly earlier series by Jack Zanger, it was vastly superior to Zanger's because Hollander was unafraid to write candidly about the weaknesses of players as well as their strengths.